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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lewes District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,208 approved · 499 refused · 105 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Oct 2018 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
40 Slindon Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8ET
Received 2 Oct 20203 Blatchington Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2AB
Received 18 Sept 202097 North Way Seaford East Sussex BN25 3JW
Received 5 Oct 2020Inholmes Farm Station Road Plumpton Green East Sussex BN7 3DE
Received 2 Oct 2020Tasseling Camoys Court Farm Barcombe Mills Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5BH
Received 5 Oct 20201 Bromley Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3ES
Received 21 Sept 2020Wapsbourne Manor Farm Wapsbourne Manor Farm Lane Sheffield Park North Chailey East Sussex TN22 3QT
Received 5 Oct 202018 Highview Road Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7AZ
Received 21 Sept 202051 Rodmell Avenue Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8PG
Received 15 Sept 2020Rear Of 6 St Marys Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 2DS
Received 21 Sept 202012 Jason Close Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8JZ
Received 5 Oct 202020 Hillside Avenue Seaford East Sussex BN25 3LA
Received 6 Oct 202021 Lee Way Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9SN
Received 6 Oct 20206 Metcalfe Avenue Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9XP
Received 6 Oct 202045 Cliff Gardens Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7BX
Received 6 Oct 202020 The Rough Newick East Sussex BN8 4NS
Received 6 Oct 2020Theobalds Farm Theobalds Road Burgess Hill East Sussex RH15 0ST
Received 25 Sept 20208 May Avenue Seaford East Sussex BN25 4NZ
Received 7 Oct 2020Caburn Field Anchor Field Ringmer East Sussex
Received 7 Oct 202073 Church Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4JZ
Received 1 Oct 20208 Kilnwood Lane South Chailey East Sussex BN8 4AU
Received 6 Oct 202083 Cissbury Crescent Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8RH
Received 8 Oct 2020Berrymead Spatham Lane Westmeston East Sussex BN6 8XL
Received 8 Oct 20201 Bridge Farm Barcombe Mills Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5BX
Received 8 Oct 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Lewes District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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